Chapter 109 Eventful Night
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Shui Shen Zhi Feng
Chapter 109 Eventful Night
As the afternoon wore on, a sense of excitement spread over the camp like a palpable cloud.
At dusk, even the still summer air seemed to tremble with anticipation.
As night fell like a curtain over thousands of eagerly awaiting wizards, the last vestiges of camouflage disappeared: the Ministry of Magic seemed to bow to the inevitable, stop fighting people and let those who clearly used magic Signs are popping up here and there.
Every few steps, apparated peddlers descended from the sky, carrying trays and pushing carts full of oddities and oddities.
There are illuminated rosettes—green for Ireland, red for Bulgaria—that screech the names of the players; green tall hats adorned with shamrocks blowing in the wind; Bulgarian ribbons featuring a roaring lion; panache.
Schelling didn't buy anything, but Gareth, who had already returned to the camp, bought everyone a pair of panoramic binoculars worth ten Galleons, which could replay the game screen and quickly flash the analysis of the game situation.
Ludovic Bagman came to visit the camp in order to take bets on a game of his own, and Gareth bet ten Galleons on the Irish team to win.
Schelling also wanted to bet, but he was afraid that Bagman would run away with his money like the Weasley twins in the original book.So he pointed out Bagman's unreliability to Gareth, deliberately bluntly.Although Bagman looked angry, he didn't dare to play his temper on Schelling.Although Schelling was young, no one in the Ministry of Magic knew that there was someone behind him. Otherwise, how could the Wizengamot break the tradition and canonize him as the youngest Sir Merlin.
After some heated discussions, Bagman agreed to make an unbreakable oath with him.
Schelling bet 4 Galleons on Ireland's victory, but Viktor Krum would catch the Snitch. According to the previously agreed odds of 2800 times, if he won, he would get 2800 Galleons.Seven hundred Galleons can be regarded as a big gamble. If the bet is higher, Bagman probably won't be able to pay it back. According to Schelling's estimation, [-] Galleons is almost close to Bagman's salary for four months, and that's not counting taxes and daily expenses...
(Note: The striker's salary is 700 Galleons. As an important military force of the Ministry of Magic, this salary should be similar to that of the relatively minor director-level figures in the Ministry, such as the Department of Sports and Sports.)
At this time, somewhere far away in the woods came the sound of a low-pitched gong, and thousands of red and green lanterns bloomed brightly on the trees, illuminating the road leading to the arena, and the entrance to the arena began.
The process of the game is the same as described in the original book, so I won't mention it here.
After the game, Schelling saw that Bagman's face was livid, and he probably lost a lot, but because of the unbreakable oath, Bagman didn't dare to fool Schelling with Leprechaun gold coins. After all, those who violated the unbreakable oath would die.
[2800 Gold Galleons obtained! 】
Back at the camp, Gareth was about to tell them to go back to their rooms and have a good rest, so that they could go back to the manor the next morning.
Xie Lin said, "Don't rush back to the room." He looked at the people, took out a few bottles of magic recovery potions and boost potions from his luggage, and then said slowly, "Everyone, according to my information, it might not be peaceful tonight—I suggest that everyone stay in the hall. We can chat to pass the time. If anyone is really too sleepy, you might as well try the boost potion I made myself. It is absolutely effective. Uncle Gareth, Mr. Morgan, as men, we have more responsibility to protect the safety of the ladies. Staff, always be vigilant and stay awake, what do you think?"
As the head of the clan, Gareth was also a person with raised eyebrows, and he immediately understood, "Sherin, you can't be talking about..."
"It's just some clowns who don't want to be lonely. They just come out to feel their presence. Don't worry, as long as we are cautious enough, nothing will happen. I guess their target will not be us."
Gareth cast a meaningful look at Schelling, "I really can't see through you more and more. The bet with Ludo this morning told me that you are sure to win. Now you seem to know something that even I haven't been able to confirm."
"Uncle Gareth, I don't believe you haven't heard anything about it, you just haven't confirmed it—besides, I'm a member of the Malfoy family, and my father has been busy every day these days, making a lot of noise, how could I not have noticed anything unusual?"
Several people drank Schelling's invigorating potion, immediately revived, sat on the sofa in the lobby, and began to chat enthusiastically about the highlights of the game just now.
Xie Lin changed into the Supreme Wizard's robe, put on the night star cloak, put on the Ravenclaw crown, put on the dueling gloves, checked the dagger and wand in the secret pocket, and stood at the entrance of the tent energetically, looking at the people who were still cheering and singing in the distance.
Slowly, the voices in the camp changed, the singing stopped, and Schelling heard screams and people running in panic.He turned his head and greeted several people in the tent. Because they had been mentally prepared, they were all armed and followed Xie Lin out of the tent in a calm manner.
As for the two house elves, they were ordered to stay at the camp to prevent people from looting, and at the same time let the thugs recognize that this was the camp of a pure-blood family, because house elves can only be owned by ancient families, which is almost a status symbol.
By the light of the few fires that were still burning, Schelling saw people running toward the woods, as if fleeing from something that was moving towards them over the camp.It flashed strangely and made a sound like a gun being fired.Loud jeers, wild laughter, and drunken shouts also moved towards them.
Then, a strong green light flashed, illuminating everything around.
A group of wizards huddled together, each with their wands pointing upwards, pushed forward together, moving slowly across the field.
Schelling squinted his eyes and looked carefully. These people had hoods on their heads and masks on their faces.Above their heads, four struggling figures floated in the air, twisted into grotesque shapes, as if the masked wizards on the ground were puppeteers, and the figures above them were marionettes, controlled by invisible strings escaping from their wands.
Several Ministry of Magic officials tried to rush forward to stop them, but the sporadic attacks could not form an effective impact on the already quite large group of masked wizards at this moment.Schelling even saw the red-haired Mr. Weasley and his three sons rushing to help.
The colored lights that had previously illuminated the way to the stadium have now been extinguished.Dark figures were stumbling through the woods, and children were crying, and anxious cries and voices echoed in the cold night air around them.
"Come with me, I know where it's safe!" Mr. Morgan took the lead and led the crowd to the woods, looking for a safe place to avoid this group of crazy villains.
Not long after, someone shot a Dark Mark into the sky in the middle of the woods. Officials from the Ministry of Magic rushed there, and the group of masked wizards scattered when they saw the Dark Mark, as if nothing had happened.
Just when everyone thought that the matter had calmed down and they could return to the camp safely, a stunning spell suddenly flashed, and Mr. Gareth was instantly stunned.Six masked men in black came out of their hiding places and surrounded Schelling and his group aggressively. It was obvious that the visitors were not friendly.Judging from the figure, it can be seen that the other party is five men and one woman, and the figures of one man and one woman give Xie Lin a sense of familiarity.
At this time, the officials of the Ministry of Magic went to the woods, and some good fans gathered in the woods to inquire about the news, while others had already returned to the camp. There was no one else in this remote corner.
Xie Lin and others drew out their wands and prepared to fight, but because of the safety of the three ladies behind them, Xie Lin did not have much confidence.Here, only Morgardon knew how to apparate, and it was quite dangerous to apparate while being surrounded by enemies. Besides, it was impossible for them to leave the unconscious Gareth in the hands of this group of unknown people.
Xie Lin took the lead to break the silence and said: "Is there any misunderstanding, everyone? Every one of us here is a pure-blood wizard, and we have no grievances or enmities with you. What you are doing now is to apologize to the Malfoy family and the Greengrass family at the same time. Are the families declaring war?" Schelling wisely raised the banners of the two families, intending to scare the enemy away.
"Don't get me wrong, we are not in the same group as those idle Death Eaters." A man in black said first, "The purpose of our coming here is just to ask Miss Shafik to come with us. If you guys can make it easier, we will owe the Malfoy family and the Greengrass family a favor."
From the perspective of Schelling's magic eyes, the magic power of the six people in front of them is full of violent black breath, which is very similar to Peter Pettigrew back then.He frowned, probably guessing the identity of this group of people in his heart.
He said slowly: "Are you the shadow of the dragon?"
"You must be the famous Master Malfoy, right?" said the man in black. "Hey, I didn't expect you to know our organization. Then you should know the strength of our organization, right? If you want to fight us, even the Malfoy family must weigh it!"
It seems that the target Peter Pettigrew helped them kidnap was Meredith. (Author: Has anyone guessed?)
But why her?Shafiq is just a declining ancient family. It is just a nice way to say that it is a pure-blood family. In fact, she is the only one left in the whole family, and many properties of the Shafiq family have already been divided and eaten by other families. The only valuable things in the whole family are the dilapidated ancestral house and a house-elf.
Although Xie Lin didn't think he was a kind person, his original intention of pursuing power was to protect the people around him. No matter what, he couldn't let Meredith suffer any harm!
But Schelling was unwilling to drag the entire Greengrass family into trouble, let alone endanger the safety of the other two girls.After a little thought, he had a plan in mind. "You can take her away, but there is one condition, I must follow."
"Impossible! Boy, if you want to be a hero, you must first measure your own strength. Most kids like you will die young." The man in black said coldly.
"Leader, stop talking nonsense with them, and be careful to attract other people!" Another tall man in black said in a deep voice.
The man in black who spoke first was obviously the person in charge of the operation. Whether it was his body shape or his voice, Xie Lin had a feeling of deja vu, as if he had dealt with this person a lot.
The other party came up with the idea of a quick battle - the leader made a gesture, and the six of them were going to fight immediately!
It's a pity that they seriously underestimated Schelling's strength.
As soon as they appeared on the stage, they first stunned Gareth with a sneak attack, and now they are mainly defending against Mr. Morgan.They had also heard about Xie Lin's name, but there was at least two levels of difference between a junior student and their adult wizards, so they didn't take it too seriously.
A strong light erupted from Xie Lin's body, like a human-shaped flash bomb - it was a flash spell. In this dark environment, the effect of the flash spell was particularly powerful. Except for the three girls who had a tacit understanding, everyone else fell into blindness for a while, including Morgan.
"Damn it!" the leader hurriedly shouted. "Deal with that kid first, he knows how to cast spells silently without a stick!"
Although the opponent fell into a state of blindness, he didn't wait to be cut. Instead, he relied on his intuition to attack in the direction of Xie Lin and others in his memory. For a while, colorful spells scatter in all directions, but it was not accurate enough.
Xie Lin concentrated his mind and summoned Aguila with his thoughts. Aguila let out a shriek and transformed into six clones, grabbing the masks of the six people with his sharp claws.
At the same time of the summoning by the mind, Xie Lin single-mindedly casted the Whirlwind Curse with the wand in his left hand. A tornado spun up from the ground and dragged the two masked men into the sky.
Form reversed.
Of the six masked men, three of them lost their combat capabilities in just a split second.
Readers, please don't take Bagman's salary as an example. Schelling in the article is only using the hitter's salary as a reference to make a rough estimate, not saying that he is necessarily right.
Why is Shadow of the Dragon targeting Meredith?The key clue lies in the word "Dragon".When Meredith appeared for the first time, the author gave a description about the Shafiq family, and there are two clues that can be associated with the dragon.
(End of this chapter)
As the afternoon wore on, a sense of excitement spread over the camp like a palpable cloud.
At dusk, even the still summer air seemed to tremble with anticipation.
As night fell like a curtain over thousands of eagerly awaiting wizards, the last vestiges of camouflage disappeared: the Ministry of Magic seemed to bow to the inevitable, stop fighting people and let those who clearly used magic Signs are popping up here and there.
Every few steps, apparated peddlers descended from the sky, carrying trays and pushing carts full of oddities and oddities.
There are illuminated rosettes—green for Ireland, red for Bulgaria—that screech the names of the players; green tall hats adorned with shamrocks blowing in the wind; Bulgarian ribbons featuring a roaring lion; panache.
Schelling didn't buy anything, but Gareth, who had already returned to the camp, bought everyone a pair of panoramic binoculars worth ten Galleons, which could replay the game screen and quickly flash the analysis of the game situation.
Ludovic Bagman came to visit the camp in order to take bets on a game of his own, and Gareth bet ten Galleons on the Irish team to win.
Schelling also wanted to bet, but he was afraid that Bagman would run away with his money like the Weasley twins in the original book.So he pointed out Bagman's unreliability to Gareth, deliberately bluntly.Although Bagman looked angry, he didn't dare to play his temper on Schelling.Although Schelling was young, no one in the Ministry of Magic knew that there was someone behind him. Otherwise, how could the Wizengamot break the tradition and canonize him as the youngest Sir Merlin.
After some heated discussions, Bagman agreed to make an unbreakable oath with him.
Schelling bet 4 Galleons on Ireland's victory, but Viktor Krum would catch the Snitch. According to the previously agreed odds of 2800 times, if he won, he would get 2800 Galleons.Seven hundred Galleons can be regarded as a big gamble. If the bet is higher, Bagman probably won't be able to pay it back. According to Schelling's estimation, [-] Galleons is almost close to Bagman's salary for four months, and that's not counting taxes and daily expenses...
(Note: The striker's salary is 700 Galleons. As an important military force of the Ministry of Magic, this salary should be similar to that of the relatively minor director-level figures in the Ministry, such as the Department of Sports and Sports.)
At this time, somewhere far away in the woods came the sound of a low-pitched gong, and thousands of red and green lanterns bloomed brightly on the trees, illuminating the road leading to the arena, and the entrance to the arena began.
The process of the game is the same as described in the original book, so I won't mention it here.
After the game, Schelling saw that Bagman's face was livid, and he probably lost a lot, but because of the unbreakable oath, Bagman didn't dare to fool Schelling with Leprechaun gold coins. After all, those who violated the unbreakable oath would die.
[2800 Gold Galleons obtained! 】
Back at the camp, Gareth was about to tell them to go back to their rooms and have a good rest, so that they could go back to the manor the next morning.
Xie Lin said, "Don't rush back to the room." He looked at the people, took out a few bottles of magic recovery potions and boost potions from his luggage, and then said slowly, "Everyone, according to my information, it might not be peaceful tonight—I suggest that everyone stay in the hall. We can chat to pass the time. If anyone is really too sleepy, you might as well try the boost potion I made myself. It is absolutely effective. Uncle Gareth, Mr. Morgan, as men, we have more responsibility to protect the safety of the ladies. Staff, always be vigilant and stay awake, what do you think?"
As the head of the clan, Gareth was also a person with raised eyebrows, and he immediately understood, "Sherin, you can't be talking about..."
"It's just some clowns who don't want to be lonely. They just come out to feel their presence. Don't worry, as long as we are cautious enough, nothing will happen. I guess their target will not be us."
Gareth cast a meaningful look at Schelling, "I really can't see through you more and more. The bet with Ludo this morning told me that you are sure to win. Now you seem to know something that even I haven't been able to confirm."
"Uncle Gareth, I don't believe you haven't heard anything about it, you just haven't confirmed it—besides, I'm a member of the Malfoy family, and my father has been busy every day these days, making a lot of noise, how could I not have noticed anything unusual?"
Several people drank Schelling's invigorating potion, immediately revived, sat on the sofa in the lobby, and began to chat enthusiastically about the highlights of the game just now.
Xie Lin changed into the Supreme Wizard's robe, put on the night star cloak, put on the Ravenclaw crown, put on the dueling gloves, checked the dagger and wand in the secret pocket, and stood at the entrance of the tent energetically, looking at the people who were still cheering and singing in the distance.
Slowly, the voices in the camp changed, the singing stopped, and Schelling heard screams and people running in panic.He turned his head and greeted several people in the tent. Because they had been mentally prepared, they were all armed and followed Xie Lin out of the tent in a calm manner.
As for the two house elves, they were ordered to stay at the camp to prevent people from looting, and at the same time let the thugs recognize that this was the camp of a pure-blood family, because house elves can only be owned by ancient families, which is almost a status symbol.
By the light of the few fires that were still burning, Schelling saw people running toward the woods, as if fleeing from something that was moving towards them over the camp.It flashed strangely and made a sound like a gun being fired.Loud jeers, wild laughter, and drunken shouts also moved towards them.
Then, a strong green light flashed, illuminating everything around.
A group of wizards huddled together, each with their wands pointing upwards, pushed forward together, moving slowly across the field.
Schelling squinted his eyes and looked carefully. These people had hoods on their heads and masks on their faces.Above their heads, four struggling figures floated in the air, twisted into grotesque shapes, as if the masked wizards on the ground were puppeteers, and the figures above them were marionettes, controlled by invisible strings escaping from their wands.
Several Ministry of Magic officials tried to rush forward to stop them, but the sporadic attacks could not form an effective impact on the already quite large group of masked wizards at this moment.Schelling even saw the red-haired Mr. Weasley and his three sons rushing to help.
The colored lights that had previously illuminated the way to the stadium have now been extinguished.Dark figures were stumbling through the woods, and children were crying, and anxious cries and voices echoed in the cold night air around them.
"Come with me, I know where it's safe!" Mr. Morgan took the lead and led the crowd to the woods, looking for a safe place to avoid this group of crazy villains.
Not long after, someone shot a Dark Mark into the sky in the middle of the woods. Officials from the Ministry of Magic rushed there, and the group of masked wizards scattered when they saw the Dark Mark, as if nothing had happened.
Just when everyone thought that the matter had calmed down and they could return to the camp safely, a stunning spell suddenly flashed, and Mr. Gareth was instantly stunned.Six masked men in black came out of their hiding places and surrounded Schelling and his group aggressively. It was obvious that the visitors were not friendly.Judging from the figure, it can be seen that the other party is five men and one woman, and the figures of one man and one woman give Xie Lin a sense of familiarity.
At this time, the officials of the Ministry of Magic went to the woods, and some good fans gathered in the woods to inquire about the news, while others had already returned to the camp. There was no one else in this remote corner.
Xie Lin and others drew out their wands and prepared to fight, but because of the safety of the three ladies behind them, Xie Lin did not have much confidence.Here, only Morgardon knew how to apparate, and it was quite dangerous to apparate while being surrounded by enemies. Besides, it was impossible for them to leave the unconscious Gareth in the hands of this group of unknown people.
Xie Lin took the lead to break the silence and said: "Is there any misunderstanding, everyone? Every one of us here is a pure-blood wizard, and we have no grievances or enmities with you. What you are doing now is to apologize to the Malfoy family and the Greengrass family at the same time. Are the families declaring war?" Schelling wisely raised the banners of the two families, intending to scare the enemy away.
"Don't get me wrong, we are not in the same group as those idle Death Eaters." A man in black said first, "The purpose of our coming here is just to ask Miss Shafik to come with us. If you guys can make it easier, we will owe the Malfoy family and the Greengrass family a favor."
From the perspective of Schelling's magic eyes, the magic power of the six people in front of them is full of violent black breath, which is very similar to Peter Pettigrew back then.He frowned, probably guessing the identity of this group of people in his heart.
He said slowly: "Are you the shadow of the dragon?"
"You must be the famous Master Malfoy, right?" said the man in black. "Hey, I didn't expect you to know our organization. Then you should know the strength of our organization, right? If you want to fight us, even the Malfoy family must weigh it!"
It seems that the target Peter Pettigrew helped them kidnap was Meredith. (Author: Has anyone guessed?)
But why her?Shafiq is just a declining ancient family. It is just a nice way to say that it is a pure-blood family. In fact, she is the only one left in the whole family, and many properties of the Shafiq family have already been divided and eaten by other families. The only valuable things in the whole family are the dilapidated ancestral house and a house-elf.
Although Xie Lin didn't think he was a kind person, his original intention of pursuing power was to protect the people around him. No matter what, he couldn't let Meredith suffer any harm!
But Schelling was unwilling to drag the entire Greengrass family into trouble, let alone endanger the safety of the other two girls.After a little thought, he had a plan in mind. "You can take her away, but there is one condition, I must follow."
"Impossible! Boy, if you want to be a hero, you must first measure your own strength. Most kids like you will die young." The man in black said coldly.
"Leader, stop talking nonsense with them, and be careful to attract other people!" Another tall man in black said in a deep voice.
The man in black who spoke first was obviously the person in charge of the operation. Whether it was his body shape or his voice, Xie Lin had a feeling of deja vu, as if he had dealt with this person a lot.
The other party came up with the idea of a quick battle - the leader made a gesture, and the six of them were going to fight immediately!
It's a pity that they seriously underestimated Schelling's strength.
As soon as they appeared on the stage, they first stunned Gareth with a sneak attack, and now they are mainly defending against Mr. Morgan.They had also heard about Xie Lin's name, but there was at least two levels of difference between a junior student and their adult wizards, so they didn't take it too seriously.
A strong light erupted from Xie Lin's body, like a human-shaped flash bomb - it was a flash spell. In this dark environment, the effect of the flash spell was particularly powerful. Except for the three girls who had a tacit understanding, everyone else fell into blindness for a while, including Morgan.
"Damn it!" the leader hurriedly shouted. "Deal with that kid first, he knows how to cast spells silently without a stick!"
Although the opponent fell into a state of blindness, he didn't wait to be cut. Instead, he relied on his intuition to attack in the direction of Xie Lin and others in his memory. For a while, colorful spells scatter in all directions, but it was not accurate enough.
Xie Lin concentrated his mind and summoned Aguila with his thoughts. Aguila let out a shriek and transformed into six clones, grabbing the masks of the six people with his sharp claws.
At the same time of the summoning by the mind, Xie Lin single-mindedly casted the Whirlwind Curse with the wand in his left hand. A tornado spun up from the ground and dragged the two masked men into the sky.
Form reversed.
Of the six masked men, three of them lost their combat capabilities in just a split second.
Readers, please don't take Bagman's salary as an example. Schelling in the article is only using the hitter's salary as a reference to make a rough estimate, not saying that he is necessarily right.
Why is Shadow of the Dragon targeting Meredith?The key clue lies in the word "Dragon".When Meredith appeared for the first time, the author gave a description about the Shafiq family, and there are two clues that can be associated with the dragon.
(End of this chapter)
